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UMD an the Supercomputing 2017 (SC17) Conference

For the first time ever, the University of Maryland will be hosting a booth at the Supercomputing 2016 conference. SC16 brings together scientists, engineers, and researchers from the international community with a technical program full of presentations and tutorials. It is an excellent setting to meet other like-minded individuals with whom you can learn and share information.

SC16 Conference

  • Sunday, Nov 13 - Friday, Nov 18, 2016
  • Salt Lake City, UT
  • UMD Booth number 4251

The UMD booth will serve to showcase research and projects currently being performed at the University. Located in the exhibit hall, the UMD booth is number 4251, just look for the giant terrapin suspended from the ceiling.

Booth presentations will be held on Tuesday through Thursday during the conference. The schedule of speakers is included below. Be sure to check back here for updates, as this list is subject to change until the end of the conference.

Speaker Schedule

Tuesday, Nov 15
Day Time Topic Speaker
Tue 10:10 AM ByteGrid and MAX Enabling Super Computing with High Capacity Data Center and Networks Jason Silva
(ByteGrid)
Tue 12:10 PM UMD MAX and ARL Open Campus Partnership Tripti Sinha (UMD/MAX)
Bob Sheroke (ARL)
Tue 12:40 PM Software Defined Science DMZ for HPC Access and Hybrid Cloud Integration Tom Lehman
Xi Yang
(University of Maryland)
Tue 1:10 PM Parallelizing the GCAM Integrated Assessment Model Robert Link
(UMD/JGCRI)
Tue 3:10 PM Auto-tuning of Speed and Accuracy Jeff Hollingsworth
(University of Maryland)
Wednesday, Nov 16
Day Time Topic Speaker
Wed 10:10 AM Simulating Cosmic Reionization with a Novel MPI/CUDA Ray Tracing Algorithm for GPUs Blake Hartley
(University of Maryland)
Wed 12:40 PM NSCI and the Cancer Moonshot Candace Culhane
(LANL)
Wed 1:10 PM Parallelizing the GCAM Integrated Assessment Model Robert Link
(UMD/JGCRI)
Wed 3:10 PM Auto-tuning of Speed and Accuracy Jeff Hollingsworth
(University of Maryland)
Thursday, Nov 17
Day Time Topic Speaker
Thu 10:10 AM Cross-Platform Automation using Open Source StackStorm Chip Copper
(Brocade)
Thu 12:10 PM ByteGrid and MAX Enabling Super Computing with High Capacity Data Center and Networks Jason Silva
(ByteGrid)
Thu 12:40 PM Machine Learning at Scale Thomas Goldstein
(UMD)